Call to cut red tape on small blocks

THE Urban Development Institute of Australia has supported calls for a reduction in the red tape currently adding to the cost of small-lot residential developments.

The UDIA, which has made a formal submission to a government consultation paper, supports the introduction of statutory easements (a property right to make use of someone's land without occupying it) as an effective solution to improve housing affordability on small lots.

UDIA Queensland president Matthew Wallace said the institute supported a sensible and practical approach to streamlining the land titling process.

"Providing a legislative framework for creating, recording and registering statutory easements over small lots will go some way toward improving housing affordability by reducing costs, red tape and approval processes associated with the current system and regulatory provisions,'' he said.

"Initiatives such as this will deliver considerable community benefit.''